Chile – An Increas in Violent Neo-Nazi Behavior

On 28^th June 2006, in an interview with the Mexican “Notimex” News Agency, the Chilean sociologist Humberto Lagos said that has been an increase in neo-Nazi activity in

Chile. Lagos, an expert on sects, explained that in Chile today there are between 20 and 30 neo-Nazi groups which, although they operate independently of one another, have “a common desire that not only supplies them with primitive principles but also with guidance in their violent behavior. Their aims are alwaays the same aims connected to xenophobia, racism and direct violence against foreigners, homosexuals, prostitutes, Jews and all those whom they consider to be the dregs of society”.